Rob Ford crack pipe video satire produced by NMA

The faux news report, which stretches the known details of the story to the breaking point, shows Ford doing more than just using drugs and includes him running over pedestrians and throwing a child like a shot put.

Ford isn’t the first target of an NMA barb. In fact, there are very few news stories that they haven’t taken a shot at; from Charlie Sheen to more obscure stars like NBA player Serge Ibaka. In once case, NMA even had Canada giving the middle finger to the Kyoto climate change accord.

Reports say a video which appears to show Ford smoking crack cocaine is being shopped around by a group of men allegedly involved in the drug trade.

Ford said that assertions made against him were “ridiculous,” on Friday.

There was no way to verify the video, however, which was the subject of a report on the U.S. online news site Gawker on Thursday and then became the subject of numerous stories around the world.

The National Post has not seen the alleged video or been able to verify its authenticity.